Broiler



Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. CANNON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNR T0. CANNON ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A C:RLPOIRALIONI 0F Y CALIFORNIA. u

BROILER.

oApplication ledluly 13, 1926. Serial No. 122,136.

are cooked vslightly more than the portions which are not in Contact. Not only is the proper cooking of t-he iiieat incompletev but the appearance of it after it is cooked is detracted from. Much of the iavor of the meat is lost in the vapors which escape during the cooking. t

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved form of broiler adapted .to hold a slice of meat flatly against the cooking element, thus preventing curling .ot the meat, and adapted to enclose the meat in order to prevent a material escape of flavor therefrom.

Other objects andI advantages of' the 1nvention will be made evident hereinafter, Referring to the drawing in which I illustrate one form of my invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the broiler of my invention. f F-ig. 2 is a vertical section taken throughV the broiler as indicated by arrows 2-201 Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a vertical section showing a modiiied orm of the-invention.

The form of the invention shown in the drawing has a hood 11 providing sidewalls 12 and a top wall 13. The side walls and top wall 12 and 13 cooperate to provide-a broiling chamber 14 which is rectangular in cross section. Lower edges 16 of thewalls 12 of the hood 11 are adapted toengage the upper face of a heating element -17 when the hood l1 is enclosing a slice of meatgsuch as represented by the numeral 18 of Fig. 2. Situated within the b'roiling chamber... 14 above the meat 18 is a pressure applying plate 20 which is rectangular in 'c ross s ection and is'slightly smaller in cross segtion than the broiling chamber 14. A lower-face 22 of the plate 20 is adapted to engage the upper face of the meat 18. The plate 20 is of suicient weight to prevent the meat 18 from curling. Threadedly secured to the plate'20, as indicated at 23,'is a rod 24,`

which rod 24 is extended upward through an opening 25 formed in the upper wall 13 of the hood 11. The opening 25 is surrounded by an annular boss 27. The upper end of the rod 24 extends into a cavity 28 of a handle 29. The liandle 29 is provided witha screw 30 which is th'readedinto a socket 31 formed 'in the upper end of the rod 24, thus securing the handle 29 thereto.

In using the invention the piece of meat 18 is iirst placed on the heating element 17. The broiler of the invention is handled b manually engaging the handle 29,

heating element 17.- The manual pressure is then released, but the weight of the plate 20,`the rod 24, and the handle 29 is still applied to the meat 18 and is suficient to hold it in Hat position.

The hood 11 -when the broiler is being 'placed .over the meat 18 is @supported by they upper The hood 11 provides the broiling cham-t v Aber 14 which prevents the vapors arising -from the meat 18 from escaping. It is well known thatl considerablerflavor of meat when it is cooked is lost byzvaporization. In my `invention,' vaporization is vreduced to a minimum and any vapors which are formed are prevented from escaping, be-

ing retained in adjacency to the piece of .meat When oneside of the meat is donc,V the broiler may be lifted by engaging the handle 29 und the nie'at turned, after which the'broiler may be replaced in the manner previously illustrated.

The important part of the'invention, as

'should be cleacr from the foregoing description, `resides` in the provision of a hood-11 for preventing the loss of vapor by va'pori-A zation and the plate 20 for prevent-ing the. meat from curling. The use of the handle whereby manual pressure may be appliedv to the meat at the time the hood is placed of my invention consists' of a hood 11a which is made very heavy so as to have considerable weight. A plate is provided,`

this plate being made somewhat lighter than the plate 20 shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' Extending from the plate 20 is a plunger 24* which extends through an opening 25a to the exterior of the hood 11a, to the outer endV of which a vhandle 29a is attached.l

, Compressed between an upper Wall 13a of the hood 11at and the plate 20a,1`s'"-a coil sprin 40. After the hood 11a has been place over the meat 18a, the coil spring forces the plate 2Oxl against the meat and prevents it from curling. The hood 11a is sufficiently heavy so that it will not be displaced vby the pressure of the spring thereon. Y

From the Vforegoing\description it will be seen that different modifications of the invention may be made, all of which are included in the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention: l

1. A broiler comprisingza hood arranged to be supported on a heating element, said hood being arranged for enclosing a piece of meat being cooked on Said heating ele-` ment, thus preventing .an escape of flavor;

a plate in said hoodadapted to pressurally engage said meat in order to' hold said meat flatly against said heating element; a rod secured to said plate'and extended through Lea/4,214'

an opening in the upper part of said hood; and a handle attached to the outer end of said rod.

2. A broiler comprising: ahood arranged to be supported-on a heating element, said hood to be adapted for enclosing la pieoeof meat being cooked on said heatlng element,

thus preventing an escape of iavor; a ,plateI in said hood adapted to engage said meat;

and yieldable means lengaging said hood 'andsaid plate for holding said meat-atly -against said heating element.

ment, said hood being arranged for en` closing a piece of meat being cooked on said heating element, thus reventin an escape of flavor; a plate in said hood a apted to pressurally engage said meat in order to hold said meat iatly against said heating element; a rod secured to said plate and extended through an opening in the upper` part of said hood; a handle attached to the outer end of said rod; and yieldable means engaging said hood and said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 8th day of July, 1926.

. JAMES H. CANNON. 

